Casket handle



' F. 1.1 KALLMEYER.

CASKET HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1919.

1,427,603, I Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

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FRANK J. KALLMEYEE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CRANE & BREEDTvIANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO,

GASKET HANDLE.

negates.

Application filed April 7,

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it know n that I, FRANK J. KALLMnmn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Casket Handles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide new and improved means forconnecting the bar with the arm of a casket handle, my inventionconsisting in novel means whereby the handle-bar is firmly secured inthe openings of the arms of the casket handle by pressing a portion ofthe metal of the wall of the opening of the arm, and especially of thereenforce-bar in the arm, into the surface of the bar, so as to firmlysecure the bar and arms together and prevent relative longitudinalmovement and also turning movement between the bar and the arms.

The invention will be further readily understood from the followingdescription and claims, and from the drawings, in which latter:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a caskethandle,emb0dying my invention,the caskethandle being partly broken away.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2, showing the bar and arm in raised position in full lines, and inlowered position in dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section detail, takenon a line corresponding tothe line 14 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view, showing a detail of the handle, andshowing the arm thereof as being secured to the bar; and,

Fig. 6 is a detail of the punching tool.

11 represents the lug of the casket handle. The lug is attached to thecasket, a portion of the wall of which is exemplified at 12, in anysuitable manner, as by means of screws 13. The lug may be of suitablematerial and is usually constructed of metal,'either being formed up outof sheet metal, or as'a casting out of socalled white metal, which iscomparatively sc-ft metal adapted to be conveniently cast into thevarious ornate forms of lugs of this character.

Arms 15 are pivoted to the lug, as by means of pivot-pins 16 extendingthrough holes in said arms and in wings 17 extending from the lug 11 atthe respective sides of said arms. Th arms are exemplified as re-Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

1919. Serial No. 288,105.

spectvely comprising a body 20 cast out of a suitable relatively softmetal, usually known as white metal, adapted to be conveniently cast forreceiving the proper contours and shapes in which arms of this characterare usually formed. The arms are sub- JGCCGCl to great stresses whencarrying the casket and its contents, and I preferably provide areenforce-plate 21, preferably of sheet-steel, which is imbedded in thecast metalof the arm.

The arm is provided with an opening 2a in which the bar 25 is received.This openmg 1s formed by the wall of the relatively soft metal of thecasting, in which the wall of the reenforce-plate is imbedded. Thesewalls surround the bar. The reenforceplate is preferably a more ductilemetal than the soft metal, which latter is more brittle.

The bar is preferably formed by a sheetmetal shell 31, inwhich there isa core 32, for instance of wood. The bar may be provided with suitabletips 33, suitably secured to the ends of the bar.

The rear or bottom stretches 35, 36, of the walls of the openings in thecasting and reenforce-plate. of the arm, are preferably so arranged thatthe inner faces of said stretches are exposed to the bar. Thesestretches are the rear stretches when the arms and bar are in normaldepending relation, and the bottom stretches-when the arms and bar arelaterally extended for carrying the casket.

It is essential in casket handle construction, that a firm connection beprovided between the bar and the arms, for the reason that the weight ofthe casket and its contents is often very great, and a safe carrying ofF or this purpose I bend the metal of the wall of the opening in thearm, into the surface of the bar, accomplished, in the present instance,by punching a portion or portions of the rear or under stretch of thewall of the opening in the reenforce plate into the bar in said opening,so that the inner face of said portion or portions of said stretch willbe imbedded in the bar, or pressed into the outer surface of the bar, soas to extend below or into the normal plane of said surface.

This may be accomplished means of a suitable punching tool 41, having apunclr ing or indenting surface as, which is rouglr ened or preferablyribbed as shown at 43, for preventing slippage between said tool and themetal of the stretch, the said indenting surface being suficiently longto extend entirely across the rear or under stretch 36 of the wall ofthe opening in the reenforceplate. The punching may be accomplished byholding the punching tool over said stretch while the other side of thearm and bar is suitably supported so as not to injure the finish orsurface of said arm or bar, as on a support a l, cushioned by a suitablepad 45, the tool being struck a blow of suflicient force, as by ahammer, indicated at 46, for forcing the metal of the tretch of the wallof the opening of the reenforceplate into the sheet metal of the bar,and thereby indenting the latter, for having a protuberance orprotuberances 47 in the said inner stretch formed by the blow receivedin an indentation or indentations ther by made in the metal of the bar,the inner surface of the sheet metal of the bar thereby simultaneouslyforming a protuberance or protuberances 48, indented and received intoan indentation or indentations 4-9 formed simultaneously by said blow inthe core of the bar. The punching may be accomplished in a suitablepress. The protuberances and indentations form walls by displacements ofmaterial, and these walls coact to prevent movements in all directionsbetween the wall of the opening in the arm and the bar, including itsshell and core, especially length wise of the bar as shown in Figs. and5, and crosswise of the bar as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

The indenting of the stretch of the reenforce-plate is preferablyaccomplished, in the present exemplification, in such manner as to forcethe metal of said stretch 36 inwardly relatively to the metal of therear or bottom stretch 35 of the comparatively soft-metal cas ing,accomplished by providing said wall 35 of the comparatively softm-etalcasting with holes 51, through which the punching end of the punchingtool is received against the stretch 36, the inner surface of thesheet-metal stretch being pre sented to the bar for the purpose ofindent ing the latter.

The sheet-metal shell of the bar is preferably provided withlongitudinal outer grooves 53, forming inwardly extending longitudinalbeads. The beads are preferably received in longitudinal groovesee inthe 1 ,ee'neoe core. The protuberances a l, .6, are preferably receivedin these grooves.

By means of my invention the arm, sheetietal shell of the bar, and thecore of the bar are simultaneously fixed together so as to preventmovements between the bar and its core and the arms of the handle indirections lengthwise of the bar, and also about the axis of the bar,the employment of additional attaching means is avoided, and a pleasingappearance is presented.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a casket handle, the combination of a pivoted arm, said arm havingan opening, and a bar received in said opening, a p r tion of the wallof said opening indent inwardly into said bar by pressure to form aprotuberance at the inner face of said portion, and an indentation atthe outer face of said bar with the wall of said indentation surroundingsaid protuberance.

2. In a casket handle, the combination of a pivoted arm having anopening, and a bar comprising a core and asheet-metal shell surroundingsaid core, said bar located in said opening, a portion of the wall ofsaid opening indented inwardly into said shell by pressure and acoincident portion of said shell indented inwardly into said core bypressure to form a protuberance at the inner face of said portion ofsaid arm and an indentation the outer face and a protuberance at theinner face of said shell and an. indentation at the outer face of saidcore, with the walls of said respective indentations surrounding saidprotuberances respectively.

, 3. In a casket handle, the combination of a pivoted arm comprising areenforce-plate of relatively hard metal and a casting of relativelysoft metal about said reenforceplate, said rcenforceplxte and saidcastinghaving an opening therein with said reen force-plate having anintegral wall completely surrounding said opening, and a bar received insaid opening, a portion of said wall provided with an inwardly extendingprotuberance extending inwardly into said bar to form an indentation insaid bar, and said casting provided with a recess at said protuberanceoutwardly from said protuberance, with the wall of said indentationsurrounding; said protuberance whereby to fixsaid bar in said arm.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

FRANK' J. KALLMEYER.

\Vitnesses:

Gnonon S. HAwKn, THERESA M. Sirens.

